public house

Result for the Righteous.

July 27, 2010

Years ago, Uncle Tom Cobbley would take off down to the local public house after his supper to enjoy his pipe and a conversation with the other allotment holders without having to mind his language in front of the ladies. The public house was the poor man’s version of the ladies ‘withdrawing room’; a haven [...]

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Pub is the Hub-ris.

March 19, 2010

John Healey, the ‘Pubs Minister’, has today announced a paltry £4 million in aid for struggling pubs – and a 12 point action plan, which sound remarkably like Alcoholics Anonymous’ 12 step recovery plan. Complaining bitterly that ’40 pubs are closing each week’ loosing the economy ‘millions of pounds’, he is launching ‘Pub is the [...]

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Exclusive +++Nick Hogan – Without those Walls!

March 10, 2010

Nick Hogan is safely back behind bars. Not the bars which the government sought to contain him behind for failing to act as an unpaid policeman and report his customers for smoking – even when he was not on the premises to witness them to doing so – but the bars, the snug, and the [...]

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Pub Landlord Nick Hogan – Jailed over No-smoking Ban.

February 28, 2010

There has been a fair amount of comment in the blogosphere regarding the six month jail sentence given to Nick Hogan for flouting the ‘no-smoking ban’. Outrage has been duly expressed, here, there, and everywhere. Perhaps we can do better than just express outrage? Nick was actually jailed for non-payment of the fine originally imposed [...]

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